# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sharyn-mccrumb
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:17:05.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sharyn-mccrumb"
name: "Sharyn McCrumb"
slug: "sharyn-mccrumb"
description: "Sharyn McCrumb is an American writer best known for books that celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and is the author of the best-selling Ballad novels, set in the North Carolina/Tennessee mountains; the NASCAR series featuring St. Dale; and the Elizabeth McPherson mystery series."
tagline: "American writer (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sharyn_McCrumb_circa_1997.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.74
  momentum:             0.2075226977950713
  historical:           7.028332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3424730/"
    handle:    "nm3424730"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sharynmccrumb.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb"
    title: "Sharyn McCrumb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb"
    title: "Sharyn McCrumb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb"
    title: "Sharyn McCrumb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0"
    title: "シャーリン・マクラム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb"
    title: "Sharyn McCrumb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1"
    title: "Шерін Маккрамб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1152905"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222554"
    title: "Sharyn McCrumb"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump